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Filter use G1x Mark lll

Started Jan 7, 2018 | Discussions thread
sueanne
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Re: Filter use G1x Mark lll

Good ideal..... pictures?

Peter Bendheim wrote:

One of the first things I did when I bought the camera was to buy a UV filter - A Hoya HMC thin filter.

So I just simply screwed one on as the inner part of the front of the lens does not move at all as far as I can tell and I've looked at it thoroughly.

The filter just screws on easily no force required as it's a proper 37 mm thread.

Then I read a few posts in other parts of the web about adaptors and lens hoods required.

A thorough search on Google seemed not to come up with anything conclusive, especially not on any Canon website as far as I could see.

You'd think if it was a feature Canon would have made a big deal of it, considering it was always an (expensive) issue with previous iterations of the G-series.

I was starting to get worried.

To ensure that nothing was touching anything I tore a tiny sliver of white paper say 3x3mm which I inserted above the lens and then screwed on the filter.

I then moved the camera around and the piece of paper moved around totally freely between the filter and the top of the lens, all over the lens. No contact whatsoever.

I repeated this with the camera on, at various focal lengths focussing at different points. The inner part of the lens does appear to move at all, the paper flows freely - so I guess that the focus is all internal. I haven't tried macro mode, but I just don't think anything external moves - part of the weather sealing I would suspect.

In addition, the specs of the hood don't say this is absolutely needed for filter use.

As the filter is much lighter than any lens hoods, etc, I can see absolutely no reason not to use the filter. It's not like the thread resisted in any way - it was as smooth as any DSLR lens.

Do you think I have reason to worry? Anyone with any ideas? Anyone done the same.

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